Areas to Support

Your investment in UCLA School of Law is critical to strengthen and sustain a legacy of excellence, access, innovation and service. When our work connects with your passion, the ripple effect extends to the next generation.

The Dean’s Discretionary Fund uses unrestricted gifts to support all facets of our school’s mission. These funds give us the flexibility to address challenges and seize opportunities. Because we can respond immediately to urgent needs and pressing priorities, we are able to maintain the standards of excellence synonymous with UCLA Law.

UCLA Law is proud of its commitment to diversity and inclusion. This commitment is central to our identity as a public law school in one of the most diverse cities in the world and is essential to fulfilling our mission of preparing citizen-lawyers who can serve in an increasingly interconnected society. Please join us in support of that commitment.

UCLA Law faculty are among the most prominent legal scholars in the nation and the foundation on which the school’s prestige rests. We are able to recruit and retain these leading professors as a result of gifts that establish endowed chairs and advance excellence in research and teaching.

From its inception, UCLA Law has had an unwavering commitment to equality of access and opportunity for all. Scholarships, prizes, fellowships, internships and extracurricular opportunities provide students with a foundation to pursue their careers of choice.

Ongoing maintenance and expansion of the law school’s facilities are essential to provide our students with a high-caliber, hospitable learning environment. Gifts can be allocated for a specific area of the school and naming opportunities are available.

UCLA Law’s research programs, centers and institutes share a proud history of addressing societal challenges through influential research that produces purposeful reform. This sustained and significant work is made possible through the generosity of supporters who want to have an impact on a pressing issue or problem.